Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-08


illiterate, and-you don even know what
Pm talking about ~
81 know this much, though" returned
Grady 1.-The worse | am, the more you
fancy me: and YOU wouldn't take all the
swells in New York to day for the black
of my finger nail ~
She brought up her hands to each side
of her face, and gave little laugh and
shudder. '' don't care" she said " I'm
happy. Yes. I'd rather be in this den
with you than Empress of Russia in the
winter Palace, and I've known it ever
since was little grl-that | hated re
finement and good manners and envied
| the hogs in their sty there is brute
beast in me somewhere, and it would never
give me any peace till met you, and you-l
| don't know-somehow you explained me
! to myself You are the wickedest man in
New York-at least hope you are--and [
am the finest lady in society ; but we
are alike and we belong together, and we
! are happy nowhere else-are WEEP
I'D 20 to perdition for you ~ said
Grady, in "A deep cultural, expressing in
this simple way what it has taken poets
and romancers u vast deal of language
and ingenuity to convey. What Is the
| mode compared with the meaning
"I'll tell you what | am ~ said She.
" Did you ever see pond lily They are
| the whitest and most fragrant flowers in
| the word-just like me and they grow
in stagnant water, out of the tilthiest mud
of the pond bottom. All the sweetness
and purity of the lily is really nothing but
nasty black mud, and that's the way with
me ~
And I'm the old bulfrog that squats
on the log, a croakin' at YOU" said Grady,
entering into the spirit of the parable.
This delighted her. but you must be
careful about one thing" she remarked.
You must never reform; on the con
trary You would as leaf rob and muir
Il l.,
" It's not my line, you know" replied
Grady, consideringly. land am bit old
to be varyin' my habits. But | don't say
I'd stop for the name of a thing, not II 1t
come handy, and no better way out of it.
She only half listened to him, occupied
reckless thoughts. And I'd rather see
you with your head off than with collar
on, Jack" she continued. Z" | want you
always to be like the lowest people-what
they call the dregs of population-as you
are now. | don't mind your having brains;
a wicked fool is not much better than
good one. Oh, Jack | have tried so many
kinds of excitement, and they all came to
nothing. If you were to fail me | should
have to take to murder and suicide ~
Just you wait till | get you snug to
myself" replied he, " and you'll find out
if Ill fail you ~
Mechanically, as it were, she shrank
from him; then, recollecting herself, she
stole her arm round his neck again
don't know what to think about that
she said. Do you really expect to make
half million out of this affair ~
" That's if there don't come no hitch
81 know; and then you will have mil
lion altogether. But if | came to you
think what for, Jack, You and | clipping
together imagine the things about it i'll
the papers how could we manage It's
very nice to have million but if we lived
together don't see how you could live as
you are doing now. And yet what most
want is that there should be no change in
your ways You see, I'm lady, and
you re a rutiian and it's the contrast that
is the charm hut if we came together,
either I'd have to he like you, or you'd
have to be like me- That is, wear a collar
and pretend you were a gentleman; and
either way the contrast would be gone"
You're little idiot, that's what you
are ~ was Johns comment upon this
delicate casustry. Well stay what we
are fast enough, never fear and there'll
be difference enough betwiXt us, too, if
you keep the flesh on You that you've got
on now"
"Jack, Jack, you're not half as much a
devil as ! am ~ she whispered suddenly
in his ear. She brought her hands toge-
Their under his chin, and with IA quick eX-
ertion of nervous strength buried her slen-
der fingers in his throat Grady gasped
/
movement Of the hands he made not the
| slightest attempt to free himself or to
| resist. After few seconds she relaxed
her grasp, bent over him, and laughed in
his flushed fBce.
Il would like to strangle you once in a
! while, If could be sure of bringing to
! life" she said. Murder is just another
way of loving. Which do You love best -
! AS she spoke she stopped and kissed him
again, with a touch AS light as the butter
| fy's wing; but Grady, who had not
minded the strangllng, now jumped to his
feet with a sort of snarl, like a wild beast
shifting fresh meat. She drew herself to-
gether on the sofa and looked iiXedly IN
at him, holding his eyes with her own II
she had Wayered or faltered by hairs
breadth, all would have been over: he
knew this as well as she did. But hel
glance was AS steady and unyielding rs a
steel speer. Grady had more to lose than
she. At all events, the silent struggle die
not last long and she prevailed.
Come, now" she said, sitting erect ant
addressing him in the friendliest but mos
unsentimentai tone imaginable Si
down here by me, old man, and let's talb
business. Perhaps you are not aware ina
| am spending the evening at que
small and early in Washington square
and that I'm due at home by clever
thirty !"
Grady emitted perfunctory little
CuuChie, SubOh ullllSell, ana SAT down
"Well, what's the business goin' to be ?
he inquired.
You know what | want to know. You
have kept 1t from me all this time, fol-
fear of accident, as you said but now
that the thing is done | want to know nov
it was done and who did it."
Well, it's done, and that's all abou
it," Grady replied, after some hesitation
. The boys got clear off with the Doodle
and nobody seen EN-"
OF course, everybody knows that VIII,
can read or who isn't deaf. But what yor
must tell me is who the boys are"
, Grady shook his head. "There amt NJ
use in calm no Names" he said.
panion, with emphasis. WHO was i
that made this job possible? How coulC
. anything have been done if | hadn't beer
acquainted with the people inside and go
you plan of the inside of the vault ant
, found out all their arrangements for you
You know the risk ran, and that am il
as much danger at this moment as you OF
anybody else in the affair. have a RICH
to know their names, and if you care any
thing about me you will tell me-"
" Look here, lOyeyD returned Grad,